When the engine is cold, I just pull it out and look. If it has been running, I wipe it off and dip it first. This has worked for me for the last 20+ years...
Must wipe dipstick when checking oil?
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I pop the hood in the morning before I crank it, been sitting for about 10 hours, Why and how could that reading be wrong? It's about as right as could possibly be. See no need to wipe, guess I'm one of the skidmark people.
The time to wipe a dipstick is when it's been running recently, then the splashed oil might give a false reading. If the engine is shut off and the reading taken right away, some of the oil won't be back down in the sump yet. But it will give a rough idea, and also can be checked for milky oil (meaning a coolant leak).Brettj3876, D.Tibbitt, Speed_Drums and 2 others Thank this. -
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Wife always telling me I'm to picky so I just wait till the red light comes on lol.
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